. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. F\ Fig. 2 a.—Part of the surface, showing one coi-allite undergoing fission. X 6 diam. Fig. 2 b.—A corallite from the side, x 6 diam. Affinities.—My attention was called to this species by Mr. T. Wayland Vaughan, of the United States Geological Survey, who noticed it while examining the American Cainozoic corals in the British Museum. The coral was new to him, but he had not time to describe the species. The Museum records state that the specimen came from Alabama. Mr. V
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. F\ Fig. 2 a.—Part of the surface, showing one coi-allite undergoing fission. X 6 diam. Fig. 2 b.—A corallite from the side, x 6 diam. Affinities.—My attention was called to this species by Mr. T. Wayland Vaughan, of the United States Geological Survey, who noticed it while examining the American Cainozoic corals in the British Museum. The coral was new to him, but he had not time to describe the species. The Museum records state that the specimen came from Alabama. Mr. Vaughan informs me that the precise locality is no doubt Huntsville. A section has recently been cut across the coral, which shows that it belongs to the genus Prionastrcea, as the corallites are directly united by their walls. It therein differs from Favia, which it resembles by the occasional growth and fission. Its nearest ally is probably Prionastrcea confertissima (Rss.) *, from Castelgomberto, in which fission is more frequent and the calices less regular in shape. * Favia confertissima, von Reuss, Anth. Castelg., Denk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. xxviii. 1868, p. 162, pi. viii. fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd
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